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£1,000 each and more for 10 young sporting stars
This week 10 individuals received the news that there were to receive £1,000 or more towards their sporting costs from the ‘Cofio Robin’ charity fund.
“This money really enables Efa to achieve her dream” was the response from Efa Dwyfor-Clark from Bangor when she received the news she was to receive £1,600 from the charity. Ela claims first position throughout Wales with her swimming and is aiming for the Commonwealth. Ela also plays netball for the under 17 Wales team. A truly talented sportswoman and deserving of the charity’s support.
Huw Buck Jones is a road cyclist from Bethel, near Caernarfon and after receiviing the news he was to receive £1,500 explained that “the money will be extremely useful to me whilst travellling and racing abroad”. Huw is already competing in British, European and World Championships and races regularly in Japan and Europe.
Alexander Marshall Wilson who plays Wheelchair Basketball and is aiming for the Paralympics was elated when he received the news that he had been awarded £1,400 and wrote as follows “I would like to say a massive thank you for this funding. It all makes a big difference towards my sporting goals and I am very grateful.”
16 different sports were supported this year and 33 individuals were granted an amount ranging from £100 to £1,600. The Trustees had the daunting task of reading the 46 applications and chosing who was to receive support. They were amazed with the applicants’ dedication to their chosen sport and also the commitment of their parents.
- Efa Dwyfor-Clark during a netball game
Efa Dwyfor-Clark
- Huw Buck Jones riding his bike with a car behind
Huw Buck Jones
A special milestone for “Cofio Robin” charity
The “Cofio Robin” charity has reached a special milestone this year as they have now contributed over £100,000 to young sportspersons throughout Gwynedd and Conwy making donations of between £100 and £1,600.
This Autumn saw the greatest number of applicants – a total of 56 and the charity distributed over £20,000 to 37 individuals. Here are a few of those that received donations –
Mared Griffiths (football – Trawsfynydd) - £1,600, Ffion Mair (swimming – Morfa Bychan) £1,500, Huw Buck Jones (cycling – Bethel), Toby Sutcliffe (canoe slalom – Llanberis), Jamie Jenkins (climbing – Pantglas) £1,300 each, William Decker (climbing – Mynytho) - £1,100, Efa Dwyfor-Clark (swimming – Penrhosgarnedd), Tom Healy (climbing – Mynydd Llandegai) - £1,000 each.
These individuals have reached an exceptional level in their sport – many competing on a National Wales level, others on a British level and a few participating internationally.
The feedback has been tremendous - Me and my family very much appreciate the support. Sports can be very expensive and this money enables me to remain and develop on a national level as a football player. Many thanks again for considering my application and for being willing to support me – said Mared.
Waw, waw !! Huge thanks for this! We are so grateful and the money will help so much – was the reaction of Efa Dwyfor-Clark.
Thanks for this grant – it will do so much difference to my year – said Tom Healy.
Go to www.cofiorobin.co.uk/recipients for a full list.
During the year “Cofio Robin” has co-operated closely with Byw’n Iach Gwynedd and it was a great pleasure to attend their Awards Ceremony recently and an opportunity to jointly promote the charity.
The charity was established in 2018 in memory of Robin Llyr Evans from Llanbedrog, Pwllheli. Robin died as a result of an accident in Wuhan, China whilst on a work experience placement from Loughborough University with the company Hawk-Eye Innovations. Robin lived life to the full and loved people and sports and would have been fully supportive of the charity which has helped so many young local sportspersons to develop.
Financial assistance for Sportspersons
Are you aiming high in your field of sports? Are you hoping to represent Wales in Europe or at international level? Do you live in Gwynedd or Conwy? Are you under 25?
If you have answered yes to the above then maybe our charity “Cofio Robin” could give you a financial boost. Go to www.cofiorobin.co.uk where you will find information about the charity and an application form which needs to be completed and returned to the charity by September 30th, 2024.
The charity ‘Cofio Robin’ has been very fortunate for support and co-operation from Byw’n Iach Gwynedd and in recent years the co-operation has led to a very beneficial partnership which enabled us to assist many young sportspersons from North West Wales.
The Trustees of ‘Cofio Robin’ are very proud that so many who have received assistance in the past are doing so well. Three girls, Ania Denham, Mared Griffiths and Cadi Rogers were all chosen for the Wales under 17 Womens Football this summer and three young ladies from Nant Conwy (Gwenllian Pyrs, Alaw Pyrs and Nel Metcalfe) have been selected to the Wales Women Rugby Squad.
Jamie Jenkins who is an accomplished climber has this year had a lot of success at European and international level and our keen sailors from the area (Arwen Fflur, Jac Bailey and Ben Sinfield) have been performing well and regularly appearing on the leader board.
In 2022 ‘Cofio Robin’ was very proud that 5 who had been in receipt of assistance were competing in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The Olympic Games will be held in Paris this summer and competing will be Medi Harris from Borth y Gest. Medi has received continued support from the charity and was one of the original Ambassadors when the charity was established in 2018. We wish every success to Medi and everyone who is representing Wales in their chosen sports.
Over £16,000 to local Sportpersons
The last day of September saw the closing date for the 7th round of the “Cofio Robin” charity and this year 47 applications were received , the largest number by far since the inception of the charity. The standard was extremely high and the Commmittee had a difficult time chosing, they eventually decided to give a contribution to 24 of the applicants – a total of over £16,000. The Trustees looked at the performance of the individuals on a higher and national level and some on British and world standard and were very impressed with the dedication and persistency of these young sportspersons.
“Thank you for choosing to support me again. Your charity has had an enormous impact on my progression in sport – more that you can know!” – said Catrin Jones the weighlifter from Bangor and the Trustees are very proud seeing comments such as this.
One parent said that her 13 year old son did a ‘Happy Dance’ when he heard the news he had been chosen to have a contribution towards his Canoe Slalom competing costs.
To receive such comments from recipients or from parents gives great pleasure to the charity and a great comfort to the family that they are able to make some difference for so many individuals.
This year the ones to receive the highest contriubtion were Cian Green (Nantlle – weightlifting), Medi Harris (Borth y Gest – swimming), Jamie Jenkins (Garndolbenmaen – climbing), Catrin Jones (Bangor – weightlifting), Toby Sutcliffe (Llanberis – canoe slalom), Ffion Mair Roberts (Abergele – athletics), Amy Richardson (Penrhyn Bay – football), Lowri Howie (Harlech – skiing), Huw Buck Jones (Bethel – cycling), Erin Fflur Mitchelmore (Harlech – triathlon), Catrin Williams (Caernarfon – sailing).
It's fantastic to be able to contribute to such a vast range of sport – from the traditional rugby, football and cricket to more uncommon sectors such as squash, basketball and clay pigeon shooting. Its such a pleasure supporting these youngsters as they aim higher in their field.
For more information go to :- www.cofiorobin.co.uk/recipients
Help for individuals who excel in sports
Following your dream in the world of sports can be very expensive with the cost of training, travelling competing etc, however if you are under 25 years old and from Gwynedd or Conwy then the “Cofio Robin” Fund may be able to assist you.
The charity has given financial support in excess of £60,000 to over 70 individuals in the 5 years since its inception. Amongst those that have received donations is Medi Harris who has become extremely successful, winning a bronze at the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and a gold medal this year at the British Swimming Championships. Another receipient is Gwenllian Pyrs who has made the Welsh Rugby Squad recently. Consideration has been given to a variety of sports over the years including equine, clay pigeon, cycling, climbing, kayaking, boxing etc.
For more information about the charity and to see who has received financial assistance to date go to our recipients page.
The application form can be found here and it needs to be returned to the Trust by September 30th, 2023.
Young sportspersons from Gwynedd and Conwy
At the end of October the Trustees of ‘Cofio Robin’ charity met to discuss the applications received and distrubute funds for young sportspersons from Gwynedd and Conwy.
30 applications were received and it was challenging to choose as so many of the applicants were competing at a very high level and with a variety of needs.
It was decided to contribute as follows:-
£1,600 to James Jenkins from Garndolbenmaen (competitive climbing), £1,500 to Gethin Griffith from Llanengan (running and rugby), £1,400 to Cian Green from Nantlle (weightlifting), £1,000 to Ania Denham Llaniestyn (football), £900 to Lowri Howie from Llanbedr, Harlech (Alpine Skiing), £800 to Huw Buck Jones from Bethel (cycling), Ffion Mair Roberts from Abergelele (athletics) and Nansi Roberts from Efailnewydd (hockey). A further £700 was donated to Ffion Mair from Morfa Bychan (swimming), £600 to Arwen Fflur from Rhosgadfan (sailing) and Amy Richardson from Penrhyn Bay (football). A further 18 received a contribution between £100 and £500.
The Trustees are aware of the many challenges and difficulties that these athletes face in their chosen sports and they are hugely proud to support them financially and hope that this will go a small way towards helping them achieve their ambition.
Applications Invited From Sportspersons – Closing Date September 30
Do you excel in Sports or know someone who is aiming high as a sportsperson? If so, maybe “Cofio Robin” can help you / them. “Cofio Robin” is a charity who gives financial support to individuals under 25 years of age from Gwynedd and Conwy who have made their mark in any field of sport and aiming higher !!
For more information about the charity and to see who has received financial assistance to date go to our recipients page.
The application form can be found here and it needs to be returned to the Trust by September 30th, 2022.
Since its inception 4 years ago the charity has donated over £50,000 to promote sports in Gwynedd and Conwy. Close to 60 individuals have received support from a wide range of sports from Climbing, Skiing, Swimming and Weight Lifting, Fishing and Equestrian. The Trust is extremely proud that three recipients (Medi Harris, Catrin Jones and Osian Dwyfor Jones) will be representing Wales at the end of July at the Commonwealth Games. We wish them every success.
Golf Day – September 24, 2022
On the 24th of September the Trust will be hosting a charity Golf Event at Clwb Golff Abersoch in order to boost funds and to remember Robin who died 7 years ago in an accident.
For more information go to www.cofiorobin.co.uk/golff. If you would like to participate then contact Alan the Pro on 01758 712 622 or Gareth on gevans50@btopenworld.com Prizes for individuals and teams of three. afternoon.
Commonwealth Hopes For ‘Cofio Robin’ Charity
The ‘Cofio Robin’ charity met recently to discuss the applications received. It is so pleasing to see that the world of sport is slowly returning to normality following the uncertain Covid-19 period.
Two that have received continued support from ‘Cofio Robin’ have their sights on the Commonwealth Games which will be held in Birmingham in 2022. Both individuals have acknowledged the difference the award has been to enable them to concentrate on their training and progress. It would be wonderful if they qualified and even better if they got a place on the podium.
The first of the two is Catrin Jones from Penrhosgarnedd who is a weightlifter. Catrin has already been informed that she will be competing in the Commonwealth Championships in December 2021 and hopes are high for her to compete in Birmingham next Summer.
The second high award was to Medi Harris from Borth y Gest who is currently a student at Swansea University and competes in swimming at 50m and 100m backstroke. Medi’s recent competition times in the pool means that she is in contention to be included in Wales’ swimming squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022. We sincerely hope that her ambitions will be achieved.
This year again applications were received from various field of sports and it was very encouraging to see new names as well as those that have been assisted in the past. This year over £10,000 has been given to eighteen young sportspersons from Gwynedd and Conwy.
‘Cofio Robin’ are extremely proud of the success of the recipients of the award.
Charity helps young sportspersons in the Covid pandemic
Robin’s Memorial Trust has once again assisted young sportsmen and women from Gwynedd and Conwy donating over £11,000 to 29 individual this year. Twenty nine applications were received from a wide variety of sports (16 in all) from weightlifting and climbing, sailing and fishing to skiing and snowboarding as well as cricket, rugby and football.
The pandemic has impacted greatly on training and competing for all applicants. This has proved extremely challenging and for this reason the Trustees decided that as an exception this year a minimum of £100 would be given to all applicants.
Catrin Haf Jones a weightlifter from Bangor is aiming to compete in the Commenwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022 and she was given the highest award of £1,500.
Receiving £1,250 is Medi Harris from Borth y Gest who also has the Commenwealth Games in her sight as well at the World Championships.
Another £1,000 each was offered to Arwen Fflur from Rhosgadfan who ranks high in the sailing world.and to Catrin Williams from Caernarfon who has won many medals in Windsurfing. A further £1,000 to Maisie Potter from Bangor who aims to compete in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics in 2022.
£500 each is offered to Huw Ifan Davies from Bethesda and Teleri Davies from Bala, both aiming to play rugby for Wales in the near future. Kieran Forrest is a renowned climber from Llanrug and he will receive £500 as will Catherine Elin Roberts from Bethesda who is making her mark in swimming butterfly stroke.
Morgan Jones from Chwilog competes in Fly Fishing and has already received 4 caps competing for Wales and has captained the Welsh team. £300 was donated to Morgan and a further £300 to Llio Mair Parry from Brithdir near Dolgellau who has reached the under 17 Welsh Ladies Cricket Team. The same amount was given to Ffion Mair Roberts from Abergele who is an athlete and student at Cardiff University and has won medals in the Welsh Championship as well as Brisith Universities Championship.
£250 each was donated to Anna Wyn Houghton from Carmel who plays football, Lowri Howie from Llanbedr near Harlech who competes in Alpine Sking, Owain Rhys Humphreys from Llanfaglan, Caernarfon who competes in Clay Piegeon Shhoting and Samia Jones from Caernarfon who is a runner.
A further 6 received a contribution of £150 and seven a contribution of £100.
All candidates have been informed and from the replies received the contributions are very well received
The 2020 round of applications for financial support is now open. All applications must be received by September 30, 2020.
Application form (pdf) - click here
Application form (word) - click here
Receipients of awards from Cofio Robin Memorial Trust delighted
Seven individuals from Gwynedd and 5 from the county of Conwy have been awarded between £250 and £1,500 each from the Cofio Robin Trust to assist with their sporting achievements. The total amount donated in this round was £6,750.
Catrin Jones, weightlifter from Penrhosgarnedd was the recipient of the highest award and she explained how the previous award in October 2018 had allowed her to excel in her sport and made such an immense amount of difference to her training. She recently broke the British Junior and Welsh Senior Record in Snatch and is currently in very good form.
The youngest to be awarded a donation is Lowri Howie from Llanbedr near Harlech who is making her mark on the ski slopes. She won the Sportsperson of the year at the Anglesey and Gwynedd School Awards 2018-19 and she has won many awards on a national level and attends a ski academy in the Alps over the winter.
Catrin Williams is an accomplished windsurfer from Caernarfon, has represented Britain on European and World level and is currently progressing to train with Olympic equipment.
Arwen Fflur from Rhosgadfan, was referred to as “undeniably the best female Optimist sailor in the UK currently” and she was “truly grateful” for the award.
Fantastic news was the response of Kieran Forrest from Llanrug, who is currently taking a year out from education to concentrate on his climbing training and hopefully make an impact competing in the Senior sector.
Others that were awarded contributions were Tomos Land (Llanrwst – triathlon), Ffion Mair Roberts (Abergele – running), Tyler and Tasmyn Green (Rhostryfan – sailing), Keira Luke (Colwyn Bay – sailing), Freddi MacLaverty (Colwyn Bay – sailing) and Bethany Doga (Rhos on Sea – sailing)
The closing date for the next round of applications with be 30th September, 2020.
Catrin Haf Jones (Weightlifting) - £1,500 |
Catrin Williams (windsurfing) - £750 |
Arwen Fflur (sailing) - £750 Credit to Neil Shawcross for this picture |
Lowri Howie (sking) - £750 |
Kieran Forrest (Climbing) £750 |
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Charity shares £8,000 to young sports men and women from Gwynedd and Conwy
In the latest round of applications for “Cofio Robin” (the Trust set up in memory of Robin Llyr Evans from Llanbedrog who died in 2015) – it was wonderful to receive 31 applications from a wide range of sports ranging from judo and fishing to swimming and climbing. The standard of applications again were very high and it was agreed to distribute £8,000 between 14 of the most accomplished individuals.
Medi Harris from Borth y Gest (swimming) and Osian Dwyfor Jones from Caernarfon (hammer thrower) were both chosen as Ambassadors for the charity in the Summer of 2018 and it was wonderful to be able to offer them a further grant to assist them financially. Medi has been successful recently in being chosen for the British Team for the European Junior Swimming Champtionship and Osian is current Welsh champion and is aiming to be part of the British team competing in the Olympic Games 2020.
An individual that impressed the Trustees was Catrin Williams from Caernarfon with her sailboarding. She has represented Britain in European and world championships.
There were another four that reached high level, Arwen Fflur from Rhosgadfan and Ewan Luke from Colwyn Bay (both sailing) Kieran Forrest from Llanrug (Climbing), and Ania Denham from Llaniestyn who plays football.
Further donations were given to another seven applicants. Osian Davenport (fishing), Gregory Hopkins (cycling), Holly Jones (judo) Cameron Shaw (triathlon), Sophie Rawling (football) and Frances Smith (wheelchair tennis) and Ioan Dafydd Hughes (swimming).
We hope to hear more about their success on national and international level soon.
Next round of applications’ closing date is September 30th, 2019.
Catrin Williams (windsurfing) - £1,250 |
Medi Harris (swimming) - £1,000 |
Osian Dwyfor Jones (hammer throwing) - £1,000 |
Over £6,000 awarded between 10 young sporting individuals
The first round of applications for the Robin Llyr Evans Memorial Trust received a great amount of interest. 36 applications were received and the standard was very high.
The Trustees met up recently and it was decided to fund 10 applicants.
The three to receive the highest award were : Samia Jones (a runner from Caernarfon), Catrin Jones (a weightlifter from Bangor) and Maisie Potter (a snowboarder from Bangor).
These three have already achieved a great deal on the National and International stage and we look forward to hearing of more success in future.
The other receipients are as follows – Oliver Barbaresi (runner), Owain Rhys Humphreys (clay pigeon shooting), Martyna Ruskowska (swimming), Alice Bennett, Miles Margetson, Michael Wood (all hockey) and Rhodri Slaven (kayaking).
We wish each and every applicant every success in their chosen sport.
The closing date for the next round of applications is March 31st, 2019.
Application form - click here
We had a successful launch of the charity at Porthmadog on August 31. We were very pleased to welcome 7 of the 8 ambassadors. In the picture from left to right Dafydd Gwyn Jones (golf), Teleri Davies (rugby), Medi Harris (swimming), Morgan Williams (rugby), Gwenllian Pyrs (rugby), Ioan Jones (golf), Osian Dwyfor Jones (hammer throwing). Closing date for the first round of applications is approaching - October 5th, 2018. |
Official Charity Launch
This will take place on the 31st of August, 2018.
The closing date for the first round of application is October 5th, 2018.
Forms available from the “Application Form” tab on the website and should be returned to post@cofiorobin.co.uk
Thanks to Delwedd
We wish to give our sincere thanks to “Delwedd” for designing the website free of charge for the charity. They have co-operated in a professional manner and have created a website that we are extremely proud of.
